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Flameleaf Sumac
Rhus lanceolata
Also called: Prairie Flameleaf Sumac, Texas Sumac
A small native tree grown for the best red-orange fall color in central Texas, plus summer flower panicles for bees and red berry clusters that feed birds into winter.
Growing & care
Suckers to form a thicket unless you remove sprouts — useful for naturalizing, manage where you want a single tree. Bone-dry tolerant on rocky ground.
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In bloom: Jun–Aug · Colors: white
Where to buy
Look for flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) at: native Texas nurseries.
Buying nursery-propagated natives — never collected from the wild — keeps
wild populations intact. Ask any seller where their stock comes from.
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